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from ...While Marie by Ann Pedone
Speech acts. Cabaret acts. Unpleasant acts. Memory acts. Fungal acts. Child bride acts. Dental acts. Subprime acts. Delusional acts. Calling out in the last working language we share. Today, we feature prose poems from âWhile Marie,â by Ann Pedone. Read the excerpt. -
Illustrations by Irina Tall (Novikova)
The wolves see us seeing them like we arenât there. They wander & play among the city seams. They bleed through the paper. They have much to show us. Today, we feature illustrations by Irina Tall (Novikova). View the illustrations. -
Friday Feature
Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.
Recent Work
Three Poems
by Steven Karl
Terror in the body, terror in the family, terror on the page, terror in the machine. Today we feature Part II of a series of poems by Steven Karl.
Published November 4, 2024
Sex Tent
by Kris Hall
Just because weâve seen Sex Tent 11 times doesnât mean weâre prepared for Sex Tent 12. We know this, and yet weâre surprised by how spicy it gets up there. And still we push through the crowd.
Published October 21, 2024
Three Poems
by Steven Karl
Halloween is every day in our hearts, but this week feels extra hallowed, connecting Samhain with the Day of the Dead. We can think of no better celebration at CDSOB than to present poems from regular contributor Steven Karl. Part I of the set goes up today, and we can all look forward to Part II this coming Monday. Today, 2 elegies and a double featuređđȘđ€đ„đż
Published October 30, 2024
from âŠAGAIN
by Mark Nowak
You only live once, & yet we expect another turn of the wheel. Mark Nowak presents a litany of x, y, & a bit of z from a series called âŠAGAIN.
Published October 14, 2024
Two Poems
by Juliet Cook
Rotting bear dolls & chicken brains erase our heads & replace them with images of themselves, & though we might not have a name for this process, Juliet Cookâs poems show us what it feels like to find ourselves somewhere between foreground & background.
Published June 10, 2024
Four Poems
by Jeremy Hoevenaar
We come to âan altar in the soundâ âin the flayed yardâ âa yolk spitting wet ropes of shadowâ âfilled with new languageâ in the light off the axe of Jeremy Hoevenaarâs poems in the moments before the sky goes out.
Published September 30, 2024
What is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Return by J â Johnson
Horror queers the so-called rational world and puts the lie to the promise of normality. âWhat Is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Returnâ kicks off cycle 5 with a vengeance.
Published September 25, 2024
Watch for Deer
by Michael Sikkema
Soon we will all be saying âwatch for deerâ when we leave the party and go out into that big night. Today, we feature new poems from CDSOB regular Michael Sikkemaâs âWatch for Deerâ series, in anticipation of his forthcoming CDSOB chapbook of the same name. Watch for deer.
Published July 1, 2024
